Abbey of the Arts Prayer Cycle

AbbeyoftheArts.com Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Claudia Love Mair reads Lenny Duncan and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world. Credits: All texts under fair use or with permission. Lenny Duncan, Dear Revolutionaries: A Field Guide for a World Beyond the Church. (Minneapolis, MN: Broadle...

AbbeyoftheArts.com Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Te Martin reads Kat Armas and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world. Credits: All texts under fair use or with permission. Kat Armas, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength. (Brazos Press,...

AbbeyoftheArts.com Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council member Claudia Love Mair reads Cole Arthur Riley and invites you into 5 minutes of contemplative silence to hold a loving intention for peace, justice, and compassion to flourish in the world. Credits: All texts under fair use or with permission. Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us. (New York...

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Claudia Love Mair Opening Song: We Are Weaving Our Lives by Alexa Sunshine Rose from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 104: Interpretation by Chri...

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Jo-ed Tome Opening Song: Beauty by Betsey Beckman, arranged and performed by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living First Reading: Sophfronia Scott, The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton. Broadleaf Books (2021) page 60...

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Jo-ed Tome Opening Song: Join in the Joy by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Singing with Monks and Mystics Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 19: Interpretation, musical setting, and sung by Simon de Voil...

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Cassidhe Hart Opening Song: All Belong Here by The Many, from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy. Lyrics by Lenora Rand; Music by Hannah Rand As recorded by The Many ©2017 Plural Guild Music First Reading: Patrick Saint-Jean, Spiritual Work of Racial Justice: A Month of Meditat...

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: May I Be Empty by Batya Levine (a queer Jewish artist) © 2020, from the album Karov Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 84: Interpretation by Christine Robinson, musical setting and sung...

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Jo-ed Tome Opening Song: Arms of Love by Alexa Sunshine Rose from the album Cultivating Sees of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy First Reading: Tyler Sit, Staying Awake: The Gospel for Changemakers. Chalice Press (2021) page xli. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Mo...

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Cassidhe Hart Opening Song: May This Body Be a Bridge by Te Martin from the album Cultivating Sees of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 13: Interpretation, musical setting, and...

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Claudia Love Mair Opening Song: We Rise by Batya Levine (a queer Jewish artist) © 2020, from the album Karov  First Reading: Kat Armas, Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength. Brazos Press (2021) page 72. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Col...

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Claudia Love Mair Opening Song: Dreams by Soyinka Rahim from the album Cultivating Sees of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 113: Interpretation by Christine Robinson. Musical s...

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Cassidhe Hart Opening Song: Dweller by Joel McKerrow from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy First Reading: Randy Woodley, Becoming Rooted: One Hundred Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth. Broadleaf Books (2022) page 57-58. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort...

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Cassidhe Hart Opening Song: Open Up Ancient Gates by Dena Jennings from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 90: Translation and musical setting by J...

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: Wade in the Water by Benjamin Mertz from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy First Reading: Wilda Gafney, Womanist Midrash: Volume 1: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne. Westminster John Knox Press (2017) page 3-4. Sung Psalm O...

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Jo-ed Tome Opening Song: Release by Deirdre Ní Chinnéide from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 139: Tune: The Banks of Claudy, Words: Kiran Young...

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Claudia Love Mair Opening Song: I Know by Soyinka Rahim from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy First Reading: Austin Channing Brown, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. Convergent Books (2018) page 176. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard...

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Holy Holy Holy by Karen Drucker from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: Bold Riley, Words: Kira...

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Let the Land Sing by Lydia Violet from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors First Reading: Thich Nhat Hanh, No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life. Riverhead Books (2002) page 4-5. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Coll...

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Cypress Seed Song written by Betsey Beckman, sung by Te Martin from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Saints and Ancestors Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: B...

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Grandmother Song by Sandy Vaughn, adapted by Lorraine Bayes from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors First Reading: Easter, Sandra. Jung and the Ancestors: Beyond Biography, Mending the Ancestral Web. Muswell Hill Press. Kindle Edition. Sung...

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: The Spirits Are Here with Us by Soyinka Rahim from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: A Fig for...

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Weep with Me by Deirdre Ní Chinneíde from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors First Reading: Henri J. M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith HarperOne, 1997 (entry for August 29) Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richa...

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Go in Peace by Katarina Stenstedt from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: Paddy’s Green Shamroc...

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Ancestor Song by Te Martin from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors First Reading: Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. Convergent Books, 2022, (pg 60) Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Ri...